Example Business Plans

vegetables
Mark Measures and Iain Tolhurst of the ORC produced examples plans (2017) for the ELC for three horticultural businesses on plots between 3-9 acres: Sadly this link wasn't available so we have removed it for the time being.

Moss Brook Growers, a vegetable business on 21-acres of Grade 2 land in Lancashire has shared their business plan and Excel files (2011):

https://sustainweb.org/pdf/MLFW_MossBrook_Appendices.zip Sutton Community Farm produced a 5-year business plan (2015) for their 7-acre community farm providing veg boxes, volunteer opportunities, school visits, workshops and tours:.

http://suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SCFBusinessPlan2015-18PubliclyViewable-2-1.pdf Community Farm Bristol produced a 5-year business plan (2013) for their 28-acre community farm providing veg boxes, wholesale veg, education and volunteer opportunities. This was superseeded by a second plan a draft of which is on their website which can be accessed here.

The CSA Network has information on what should be included in a business plan for a CSA : https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/B.pdf

Wood
Glenan Community Wood (2018):

forestryandland.gov.scot/images/corporate/pdf/cats-asset-requests/glenan/CATS-Glenan-Feasibility-study-and-business-plan.pdf Kilfinan Community Woodland (2008):

scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/AcharossanKCFCBusinessPlan.pdf